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Volume 25
No.45
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SOUTHPORT, N, C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1966
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Visits Antique Show
PURCHASER — Chris Robinson, star of the “Twelve O’clock High” TV series,
examines an antique inkwell prior to purchase from Mrs. Eugene Tomlinson’s dis
play at the Azalea Antique Show held last week in conjunction with the festival.
Robinson, a collector of inkwells, stated that this was one of the most unusual he
had ever seen.
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" Pretty Pond ~
Site For Girl
Scout Camping
Registrations are being ac
cepted now for Girl Scout Camps
Traillee and Pretty Pond.
Both camps are operated by the
Girl Scount Council of Coastal
Carolina. Traillee is located
near Goldsboro, and Pretty Pond,
a waterfront specialty camp, is
located near Boiling Spring Lakes
in Brunswick county.
Camp dates are: Session 1 -
Sunday, June 19; Saturday, July
2; Session 2 - Sunday, July 3;
Saturday, July 16. Camp Traillee
will have a third session, Sunday,
July 17; Saturday, July 30.
Girls interested in attending
either camp may register through
the Girl Scout office in Golds
boro. Both camps are open
to all girls. However, there is
a swimming and age require
ment at Camp Pretty Pond.
Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts,
and non-scouts who have com
pleted the sixth grade and have
passed the Red Cross beginner
swimming test or its equivalent,
may attend Pretty Pond. The
aquatic program includes swim
ming, water skiing, canoeing,
sailing and boating.
Program at Camp Traillee
centers around outdoor life, in
cluding camping skills, compass
games, trail blazing, nature
crafts, swimming, and out-of
doors badge work. Brownie,
Junior, Cadette and Senior Girl
Scouts and non-scouts are ac
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j NEWS
REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services are now In
progress in the Southport Bap
tist Church with Dr. Carlton
S. Prickett as guest preacher.
They will extend through Sunday
night, with services at 7:30
o’clock each evening.
RABIES CLINICS
H. T. Bowmer will be at Long
Beach City Hall to vaccinate dogs
for rabies from 9 to 3 p.m. on
Saturday. On Saturday of next
week he will be in Southport at
the Fire Station from 9 until
3 p.m.
FIRE STATION CALLS
Southport citizens are re
quested by the Southport Fire
Department not to call the fire
number except in case of fire
or emergency requiring rescue
operations. Members of this
group are unpaid volunteers who
should not be disturbed except
for emergency calls.
Important School
Matters Discussed
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met Tuesday night
and approved principals and
teachers for seven of the 10
schools in the county system.
W. B. Johnson has resigned as
principal at Shallotte High School,
effective, April 23. No successor
was approved to fill this vacancy.
Edwin F. Currie has resigned
as principal at Waccamaw High
School and John G. Long has
been recommended to fill this
vacancy. The action of the local
committee was approved by the
Board of Education.
T. M. Lee, who is serving as
principal at Southport High School
since the resignation of L. R.
Biggerstaff on April 1, was rec
ommended for election as prin
cipal by the local committee and
this action was approved by the
county board.
T. L. Davis was recommended
for reelection as principal of
Bolivia High School by his local
committee, and this was rati
fied by the Board of Education.
Similar action was taken with
regard to A, C. Caviness at
Brunswick County High School,
James F. Clemmons at Lincoln
High School; Henry B. Green
at Cedar Grove; and Winston E.
Brown at Piney Grove.
Action was tabled on election
of a principal at Leland High
School, where Rickfellow Venters
did not apply for reelection. A
delegation appeared at the board
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3-Year-Old Is
Water Fatality
ASH—Leavy Mark Babson H,
3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin L. Babson of Ash,
drowned in a farm pond on the
family farm, Tuesday morning.
Brunswick County Coroner
Lowell Bennett said the child fell
into the pond after going there
to play with a five-year-old
brother. The older boy returned
home and told that the younger
brother had fallen into the water.
Coroner Bennett ruled the death
accidental.
Final rites were held Wednes
day at 3 p.m. at New Britton
Baptist Church by the Rev. Robert
Lee Duncan, with burial in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include the parents;
two brothers, Stewart L. Babson
and Delmas A. Babson; a sister,
Miss Patricia Ann Babson, all
of the home; his paternal grand
mother, Mrs. Leavy M. Babson
of Ash; and his maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pawnee
FormyDuval, also of Ash.
APPOINTED
J. W. Tate, formerly of High
Point, who went to work April
1 as building inspector for the
Town of Long Beach. He is now
a full-time resident of the beach
community.
Attends Meet
In Washington
Mrs. Irene B. Hankins attended
the annual convention of the
American Personnel and Guid
ance Association, which convened
in Washington, D. C. the week of
April 4-7.
Mrs. Hankins is a counselor
in the Brunswick County School
System.
The 8,000 counselors who
attended grappled with the chal
lenges presented to them by dis
advantaged youth, by problems
of elder citizens, the emotionally
disturbed, and the need for new
approaches to vocational educa
tion in light of a changing techno
logical society.
Under the general theme of
“Man in the World Society: Heri
tage, Status, Promise,” main
sessions focused on “The Family
in the World Society,” “Man in
the Urban Condition,” and the
• Promise of Innovations,” which
emphasized the individual and his
heritage, implications of contem
porary society, and a look into
innovative developments for the
future.
A great number of guidance
authorities and government per
sonalities presented papers and
had discussions on the general
themes. These included vice
pres. Humphrey; Congresswom
an Edith Green and Patsy Mink;
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Group Studies
Plans For Help
InNewProgram
Procedures for obtaining fed
eral funds to help towns and
counties finance public works and
through them create new jobs re
sulting in a higher standard of
living were explained at a con
ference here last week.
Grants up to 80 per cent of the
cost of water and sewer projects
are available to corporate bodies
for financing various projects to
the end that more people will have
jobs and more people will become
taxpayers to repay through taxes
the original grants.
The program was outlined
during a meeting at the Agri
culture Building by Charles E.
Edwards, Economic Develop
ment Administration co
ordinator for North Carolina, and
John R. Hampton, appointed by
Governor Moore to represent the
state in matters involving the
EDA.
Columbus county is eligible for
such grants not because of pov
erty but because over 6 per
cent of residents were unem
ployed last year. Either one or
both can be used as justification
for a request.
County commissioners are
authorized to make the initial
request by resolution. That done,
an overall program citing what
projects will be pursued will
be required before a grant can
be made.
Normally, it was said, the
grant for a project will be 50
per cent of the cost but addition
al funds up to 80 per cent may
be obtained when such additional
needed money can’t be obtained
from local financial sources.
Mainly, the program is aimed
at industrial development which
includes providing water mains
and a sewage disposal system
either within or outside incorpo
rated towns for immediate and
long-range development.
Grants may also be used for
providing highways and railroad
spurs to potential industrial sites
so that, in the event a prospect
is interested irelocating on a
site so service, local people can
say, water and sewer, roads and
railroad spur are already here
waiting for you.
The program in essence,
speakers said, is a “money
making” promotion. The idea
is designed to provide employ
ment and thus add taxpayers.
Whether county people plan to
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First Woman Alderman
SWORN IN — Mrs. Dorothy Gilbert is shown here being sworn in before Clerk
of Court Jack Brown as a member of the Southport Board of Aldermen. She will fill
the unexpired term of her late husband, J. A. Gilbert. (Strong photo)
Woman Sworn
In As Board
Member Here
Mrs. Dorothy Gilbert was
sworn in Monday at noon as the
first woman member of the Board
of Aldermen in the history of
Southport. The oath was admin
istered by Clerk of Court Jack
Brown.
Mrs. Gilbert will fill the unex
pired term of her late husband,
J. A. Gilbert. She is a housewife
and successful business woman,
having been engaged in the owner
ship and management of a beauty
shop and a florist shop.
The new member of the Board
of Aldermen is the daughter of
Mrs. Lizzie Robinson and the
late D. C. Robinson. The latter
was well known in Brunswick
county political circles. Her sis
ter, Mrs. Ressie Whatley, is
Brunswick county auditor.
Attending the ceremony here
Monday were her mother, her
sister, her daughter, Mrs. Jean
Kenny, and her grandson, Jimmie
Kenny.
Farm Referenda
Scheduled April
By ARCHIE F. MARTIN -
Wednesday, April 27, is ref
erendum day for livestock and
commercial egg producers.
Swine producers will vote for
or against an assessment of five
cents per head for all hogs sold
for slaughter through hog buying
stations, auction markets and
meat packers in North Carolina.
This money will be used for pro
motional, educational and re
search programs approved by the
board of directors of the N. C.
Pork Producers Association. If
the vote is favorable the program
will remain in effect for the next
three years.
Beef cattle producers will vote
for or against an assessment of
10 cents per head on cattle sold
for slaughter. The seller of the
cattle may ask for a refund of
the assessment by writing to the
N. C. Cattlemen’s Association
within 30 days of sale. The money
collected is used to maintain an
office for the Cattlemen’s Asso
ciation; an executive secretary is
employed to do a continuing job
of promoting the consumption,
sale and use of N. C. grown
beef, using whatever media is
most effective. This assestment
will also be for a three-year
period if the vote is favorable.
Egg producers will vote for or
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Time And Tide
Three members of the Cape Fear Pilots Association had had a
thrilling experience on the Thursday before our issue for April 22,
1936. The bilge pump on the little pilot boat, the R. R. Stone, had
become disabled and the craft had filled with water. The men of the
Oak Island Coast Guard station saw the distressed craft and rescued
all hands aboard. The late Dr. Roy C. Daniels had been elected
president of the Southport Building and Loan Association, succeeding
his father, the late J. N. Daniels, in that office.
Dr. Ralph McDonald, candidate for governor, was coming to
Southport for a Saturday speech; the thermometer had dropped to a
cool 39-degree reading during the previous weekend; and Ira Chad
wick had been named the most athletic boy at Shallotte High School.
The paving project on the road to Long Beach was nearing com
pletion, or at least it said so in the front page of The Pilot for
April 23, 1941: Early truck crops produced in an experimental
farming operation on Bald Head Island were harvested and on their
way to market.
The late John Eriksen had been nominated lor a fourth term as
Mayor of Southport, young Joel Moore had decided to give up alligator
hunting for the season after he had almost grabbed a rattlesnake by
mistake; and Mrs. George Cannon of Eolivia was leading the Cancer
Crusade for Brunswick county.
A letter from the White House revealed that the name of Mrs. Harry
S. Truman had not been placed on the registration books at Orton
Plantation by the First Lady, but by some prankster. That myth was
exploded in our issue for April 17, 1946. The Highway Commission
had erected a sign at Bell Swamp showing the distance to Southport
to be 16 miles. It replaced the old sign showing the distance to be
17 miles; and the reason was not that the distance had been changed,
but.lhat tlie 17-mile sign was being confusedby motorists as another
marker on U. S. No. 17.
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Most Nominations
Will Be Contested
MISS THETIS HENRY
Winnabow Girl
Going To Spain
Miss Thetis Henry, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Henry of
Winnabow, has been accepted by
the Piedmont University Center
to study in Spain this summer.
The trip will include four weeks
of study at the University of
Burgos, a two-week lecture tour
in Southern Spain, and traveling
in France, Switzerland, Germany
and England for the remaining
time.
In the summer of ’64 Miss
Henry studied in Saltillo, Mexico,
for five weeks. A rising senior
at Mars Hill College, Miss Henry
is majoring in both Spanish and
French.
Miss Henry will leave from
New York City June 13, returning
August 8.
Judging Team
Finishes 8th
By MILTON COLEMAN
The Brunswick County 4-H
Livestock Judging Team tied for
8th place in the Kinston Junior
Livestock Judging Contest last
Thursday.
The team members are Ken
neth Hewett, Roy Hewett, Steve
Hewett and Richard Jones. An
alternate was Jimmy Gray. Four
boys participate as a team and
the three highest scores make
up the team score.
There were fourteen teams
entering the contest, many having
already entered five and six other
contests. This was the first
contest of the year for the Bruns
wick team.
Two classes of cattle and swine
were judged and reasons were
given on one class in each divi
sion. The total possible score
for each team member was 300
points.
High man on the team was Steve
Hewett with 208. Kenneth Hewett
had 196, and Roy Hewett and
Richard Jones scored 188.
It always takes one contest to
get the boys use to the routine
of a judging contest. Also, there
was a new team member.
The next contest is April 20
at the Wilmington Show and sale.
Other team members who were
unable to attend were Dennis
Hewett and Jeris Hewett.
Roney W. Cheers filed as a
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Clerk of Court
but withdrew, leaving Jack Brown
unopposed as the filing deadline
for the May Primary was reached
Friday.
Brown will be without opposi
tion in the fall, as the Republi
cans, for the first time in many
years, failed to file a full slate
of candidates.
Another candidate without op
position is Arthur J. Dosher for
the Board of Education from
Southport School District. For
this office the final election is
in May. Dosher, veteran member
of this board, has taken a strong
stand in favor of consolidation
of the high schools of Brunswick
county.
Also without opposition in the
primary and general election is
Lowell Bennett, Brunswick coun
ty coroner, now completing his
eighth year in this office.
Three candidates for the
Democratic nomination for the
board of county commissioners
are without opposition in the
primary. They are Parley
Formyduval, Waccamaw town
ship, member of the present
board; D. G. Frink, Shallotte
township, member of the present
board; and V. A. Creech, Town
Creek township.
Commissioners facing opposi
tion are T. S. Bowmer, being
opposed for the Democratic nom
mination for representative from
Smithville township by John L.
Barbee; A. Clemit Holden, being
opposed by J. W. Robinson and
H. T. Sellers for nomination to
the board from Lockwoods Folly;
and George T. Ruark, who is
Clyde Collier and Mrs. Estelle
Crutchfield. Two candidates will
be nominated, and there is an
informal agreement that each
county in the district Brunswick
and Columbus, will be repre
sented.
board from Northwest township
by D. L. Ganey.
There is a five-man contest
for the Democratic nomination
for Sheriff, with E. V. Leonard
being a candidate for reelection.
His opponents include David
Swain, Daught Tripp, Woodrow
Russ and Johnnie R. Corbett.
Odell Williamson has no
Brunswick county opponent for
nomination as one of the two
Democratic candidates for the
House of Representatives from
the 13th District. However, he
must run in with two-county race
against Arthur W. Williamson,
Clyde Collier .and Mrs.
Estelle Crutchfield. Two can
didates will be nominated, and
there is an informal agreement
that each county in the district
Brunswick and Columbus, will
be represented.
Two men seek the Democratic
nomination for Judge of Recor
der’s court. Judge Clinton Bel
lamy is seeking reelection and
W. J. McLamb is hoping to be
elected again to this office which
he has held on two previous
occasions.
Two races are shaping up for
membership on the Board of
Education. In the Bolivia School
District incumbent Homer Hol
den is opposed by Homer King.
In the Shallotte School District
O. K. Bellamy is being opposed
by Norman C. Bellamy.
The Republicans filed five men
for office, making them eligible
for the general election. Four
of them are candidates for the
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Name Election -
Officials For
Primary Date =
H. Foster Mintz has been ap
pointed to serve again as a mem
ber of the Brunswick county
Board of Elections, along with
Arthur Sue and L. C. Bab son.
Mintz will continue to serve a$
chairman.
At a meeting last week the
following were appointed to serve
as election officials in their
respective precincts:
Hoods Creek: Registrar, G. W.
Lennon; Democrat judge, Mrs.
Mabel D. Williams; Democrat
alternate judge, Mrs. Addie Scott;
Republican judge, Rosell Skipper;
Democrat clerk, Mrs. Eloise
Brown, Republican clerk, Mrs.
Agnes Skipper.
Leland: Registrar, L. H. Rey
nolds; Democrat judge, Elmer
Acock; Democrat alternate judge,
Mrs. Ella Perry; Republican
judge, Thomas L. Gillis; Demo
crat clerk, Miss Louise Willis,
Republican clerk, Mrs. Hertha
Bell Chiles.
Town Creek: Registrar, Mrs.
A. P. Henry, Jr.; Democrat judge,
W. D. Lanier; Democrat Alter
nate judge, Tate Gainey; Repub
lican judge, Woodus Mercer;
Democrat clerk, Mrs. Elizabeth
Goodman; Republican clerk, Mrs.
Elizabeth Mercer.
Bolivia: Registrar, RoyceRa
bon; Democrat judge, L. J. Mc
Keithan, Democrat alternate
judge, Worth Mercer; Republi
can judge, Alfred Willetts; Demo
crat clerk, Mrs. M. F. Tatum;
Republican clerk, Mrs. Eva Mae
Willetts.
Southport No. I: Registrar,
Mrs. Mary Bellows, Democrat
judge, Mrs. Joe Norman; Demo
crat alternate judge, Mrs. Eliza
beth Robinson; Republican judge,
Mrs. Vera McKeithan, Democrat
clerk, Mrs. Elinor J ackson; Re
publican clerk, Mrs. Dorcas Ann
Lewis.
Southport No. II: Registrar,
Miss Annie St. George; Democrat
judge, Miss Elsket St. George;
Democrat alternate judge, Mrs.
Carrie Harker; Republican judge,
Mrs. Elnore Potter; Democrat r
clerk, Mrs. Inez Adams; RepubJV ;
can, Mrs. Ellen Watts.
Oak Island: Registrar, Sam
Edwards; Democrat judge, Lin
wood King; Democrat alternate
judge, Mrs. A. H. Cromer; Re
publican judge, Mrs. W. R. Price.
Mosquito: Registrar, C. S.
Ward; Democrat judge, Mrs.
Nancy Crouch; Democrat alter
nate judge, Clarence Lennon, Re
publican judge, Mrs. Willie
Clemmons.
Supply: Registrar, Mrs. Velma
Robinson; Democrat judge, Mrs.
M. M. King; Democrat alternate
judge, Mrs. J. N. Lancaster;
Republican judge, J. Dewey Sel
lers; Democrat clerk, Mrs. Mary
Randolph; Republican clerk, Mrs.
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Highway Claims
Seventh Death
WINNABOW — A 70-year-old
ILeland man was killed approxi
mately two miles north of here
Sunday night when ^ie walked
into the path of an auto.
Patrolman G. C. Howell said
Henry James of Route One, Le
land walked into the path of
an auto operated by Calvin
Jones of Winnabow, who was
traveling north on U.S. 17.
He said no charges would be
made in connection with the
accident, which occurred short
ly after 8 p.m.
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the
week. These hoqtrs are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Port
Pilot through the courtesy
of the Cape Fear Pilot's As
sociation.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, April 21,
8:09 A M 2:22 A M
8:21 P M 2:28 P M
Friday, April 22,
8:45 A M 2:58 A M
9:03 P M 3:04 P M
Saturday, April 23,
9:21 A M 3:40 A M
9:45 P M 3:40 P M
Sunday, April 24
9:57 A M 4:22 A M
10:27 PM 4:22 PM
Monday, April 25
10:51 A M 5:16 A M
11:21 P M 5:16 A M
Tuesday, April 26,
11:51 A M 6:10 A M
6:10 P M
Wednesday, April 27,
0:21 A M 7:10 A M
12:57 P M 7:16 P M